I don't know about you but one of the things I love about the educating at home life is learning with my son. I love it! :)

Currently we are reading a book about mammals.

Every day we read one small section and it's amazing what we learn. The other day we came across two words we had never heard before Plantigrade and Digitigrade.

plan·ti·grade ˈplan(t)əˌɡrād/ adjective: plantigrade

(of a mammal) walking on the soles of the feet, like a human or a bear.

dig·i·ti·grade ˈdijədəɡrād/ adjective: digitigrade

(of a mammal) walking on its toes and not touching the ground with its heels, as a dog, cat, or rodent.

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And then when you go look up more information on it and you learn even more information like..unguligrade. Who would have known? Or that gamers who build there own stuff actually study these terms. :) My lad was fascinated. Certainly makes it meaningful for him though, to see that adults learn these things so they can make their game materials more meaningful.

Unguligrades are mammals with hooves, both single hooved like horses and donkeys as well as double hooved like deer and cattle.

Plantigrades include a remarkable number of mammals. They walk on their whole foot. So bears, humans, hedgehogs, rabbits and kangeroos are included in this group.

Digitigrades walk on their toes. So animals such as dogs, cats and the like.

One of our digitigrades that resides in our house and helps us study. :)